It was never just about maps. In 2018, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a milestone many called overdue. FATA was no more, […]
Decolonising Legal AI
In the rush to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into legal education, an inconvenient truth has remained largely unspoken: the AI revolution is being shaped by infrastructures, […]
Climate Justice in The Hague: How ICJ Responded to the Global South’s Demands
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of states in relation to climate change. The […]
PECA Amendment 2025: Expanding Cybercrime Laws or Silencing Dissent?
The speedy enactment of the Prevention of Electronic Crime (Amendment) Act 2025 from the Parliament of Pakistan 2025 unfolded many tales. This Act, in its object […]
Understanding Copyright in Digital Content: Reels, Memes and the Legal Grey Zone
The rise of platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube has transformed content creation, with short videos, memes, and music-driven clips forming the language of online culture. […]
Partition Litigation in Pakistan: A Legal System Trapped in Time
“The law of the land is also the law of generations.” In Pakistan, few legal disputes carry the same level of emotional and generational weight as […]
Justice on Paper: The Gap Between FIR Law and Reality in Pakistan
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898(hereinafter referred to as Cr.P.C.), provides for the office of Justice of Peace to maintain public peace and order, and to […]
Internship at Ahmed and Pansota
17th June 2025 – 5th July 2025 In a city where courtrooms ring with the echoes of law and dusty files record decades’ worth of personal […]
Eighteen Is Not Western—It Is Constitutional, Islamic, and Just
The critics’ lament—“But that’s westernization!”—rings hollow. When Islamabad passed the Child Marriage Restraint Bill in May 2025, it did not just legislate; it made a statement. […]
Protecting Corporate Identity: Arguing for the Separate Legal Entity Principle
A company has been established as a separate legal entity in the case of Salomon[1], and courts have further elaborated on the corporation being its own […]
From Rejection to Reality: The Return of Solar Panel Tax in Pakistan
As the world races toward renewable energy, Pakistan has taken a step back, taxing solar panels just when they became a lifeline for the middle class. […]
Court Martialing Civilians
Picture fair trial: an independent forum, an impartial judge, a detailed judgment, and a substantive right of appeal. Now, picture its absence: court-martials. Trials where guilt […]
Punjab Awareness Bill: Populist Power Grab at the Expense of Fair Trial and Separation of Powers
Advertising may be the art of persuasion; however, the siphoning of public funds for persuading the taxpayers of the purported success of a government is truly […]
Role of ADR in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment
Every country in the world relies on foreign investments to maximize its economic stability and improve the quality of its local marketplace. Foreign direct investment (FDI) […]
Elections 2024 – Rigid or Rigged? A Modern Day Dilemma
The 9th of February, 2024, the day following the general election in Pakistan, appeared to be a normal day in the lives of doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs […]
Protection of Minority Rights in Pakistan’s Constitution: Adequacy, Discrimination and Marginalization
[Note: The use of the term ‘non-Muslims’ in this article is for legal purposes only and not meant to be exclusionary in any way]. Pakistan is […]
Jaranwala Incident: Pakistan’s Weak Commitments and Bleak Realities
This article examines the recent Jaranwala incident in Pakistan where violence erupted owing to unverified blasphemy allegations. The article delves into the contradictions between Pakistan’s international […]